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snow cat's in an auction
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Re: Auction
In response to your query: "Everything Pipeline". Alyeska is the Trans Alaska Pipeline authority/overseer. They paint most of their equipment and trucks Red. Reffered to locally as "Alyeska Red Iron" the stuff is usually in good shape as the pipeline maintains there equipment well. I attended one of their Auctions in Fairbanks that the total take was 7.7 Million $ when they only expected to get around 6 Mill. The Forke Brothers(Auctioneers) were practally dancing on the stage they were so excited toward the end of the auction.
After the State of Alaska took over the maintainence of the 'Haul Road' ( Steese, Eliot and Dalton Highways) to Prudhoe, the Pipeline sold off all their maintainence equipment. They had Cat Road Graders and Cat Pipe Layers that were in nearly new condition that fetched high prices. They Originally had some 44 of these Tucker Snow Cats. They were equiped with Detroit engines and Allison automatics. They had huge Gas tanks(Diesel) and an inovative 4 headphone comm system that allowed the driver and all the passengers to communicate with each other as well as operate the (2) Tranceivers, a 100 to 200 Watt CB and a Private Channel FM Repeater radio called the ARTS Radio(Alyeska Radio Telephone System). Most were 'Crew Cab's. They were all 1983 or 84 machines, passibly being one of Tucker Sno Cat's largest sales in the history of their company. The Pipeline primarily used them for inspection of the 800 bridge and river crossings. It's alot easier to inspect a bridge footing in the winter when everything is frozen up.
The Tucker's were also use for Oil Spill Response training, a sort of fire drill exercise that Alyeska does to keep their people "on top of their game". Fortunately the pipeline has not had practally any spills of any significance. Not bad since they used to pump over 2.5 million barrells a day. All the spills one hears about and assumes is the Trans Alaska Pipeline are usually smaller Pipelines IN Prudhoe.
In response to your query: "Everything Pipeline". Alyeska is the Trans Alaska Pipeline authority/overseer. They paint most of their equipment and trucks Red. Reffered to locally as "Alyeska Red Iron" the stuff is usually in good shape as the pipeline maintains there equipment well. I attended one of their Auctions in Fairbanks that the total take was 7.7 Million $ when they only expected to get around 6 Mill. The Forke Brothers(Auctioneers) were practally dancing on the stage they were so excited toward the end of the auction.
After the State of Alaska took over the maintainence of the 'Haul Road' ( Steese, Eliot and Dalton Highways) to Prudhoe, the Pipeline sold off all their maintainence equipment. They had Cat Road Graders and Cat Pipe Layers that were in nearly new condition that fetched high prices. They Originally had some 44 of these Tucker Snow Cats. They were equiped with Detroit engines and Allison automatics. They had huge Gas tanks(Diesel) and an inovative 4 headphone comm system that allowed the driver and all the passengers to communicate with each other as well as operate the (2) Tranceivers, a 100 to 200 Watt CB and a Private Channel FM Repeater radio called the ARTS Radio(Alyeska Radio Telephone System). Most were 'Crew Cab's. They were all 1983 or 84 machines, passibly being one of Tucker Sno Cat's largest sales in the history of their company. The Pipeline primarily used them for inspection of the 800 bridge and river crossings. It's alot easier to inspect a bridge footing in the winter when everything is frozen up.
The Tucker's were also use for Oil Spill Response training, a sort of fire drill exercise that Alyeska does to keep their people "on top of their game". Fortunately the pipeline has not had practally any spills of any significance. Not bad since they used to pump over 2.5 million barrells a day. All the spills one hears about and assumes is the Trans Alaska Pipeline are usually smaller Pipelines IN Prudhoe.